Events from the year 1597 in Sweden
Incumbents Monarch – Sigismund
Events
February 24 - End of the Cudgel War.H. Ylikangas, Nuijasota, 1977, ny uppl. 1996, sv. övers. K.: det blodiga bondekriget i Finland 1596-97, 1999 Beginning of the War Against Sigismund. Bad harvests again cause famine. The Riksdag of Arboga confirm Duke Charles as regent, and the loyalists of the King flees to Poland.
Births
Deaths
January 27 - Jaakko Ilkka, rebel leader of the Cudgel War (born 1545) 13 April - Klaus Fleming, admiral and governor (born 1535) 19 July - Gunilla Bielke, queen (born 1568) 20 November - Princess Elizabeth of Sweden, princess (born 1549) 11 November - Gustav of Saxe-Lauenburg, prince (born 1570)
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